Pennam Foundation in association with Nextal Meta creates a digital ecosystem for supporting education for special students

The Pennam Foundation, in collaboration with Nextal Meta, brings a revolution in the education sector by distributing 50 tabs customized with content to aid the learning of hearing-impaired students. The foundation also plans to give another 50 tabs in the next 3 months. The tablets were handed over to the children in the presence of Sri. Koppula Eshwar, the Minister for Scheduled Castes Development, Minority Welfare, Disabled and Senior Citizen Welfare, Government of Telangana. Smt. Bharati Hollikeri IAS, Special Secretary and Commissioner, Department of Woman and Child Welfare, Government of Telangana and Smt. B. Sailaja, Director, Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Senior Citizens and Transgender Persons, Government of Telangana were the guests of honor at the program. Sri M. Srinivasulu, State Advisory Member of Disability Rights Act Implementation Committee, Government of Telangana and a founder member of the Network of the Persons with Disability Organizations (NPdO) and Sri Nithin Sharma, Senior Director-Engineering, Qualcomm graced the occasion as special guests. 

The tablets contain online learning materials for students of Class 10. The learning materials are based on the curricula prescribed by state boards and the Central Board for Secondary Education. The e-learning materials are created by the developers of E Sign Meta app, a novel, pioneering digital solution for the hearing impaired. E Sign Meta app facilitates introduction of e-learning methodologies for teaching the differently-abled children studying in K-12 grades and students pursuing higher education. The app will help students with disabilities get access to customized learning content and enable them to acquire knowledge and skills to successfully build their careers.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Sudhakar Pennam, the founder of the Pennam Foundation and CEO of Solunus Inc. and Kairos Technologies said, “At the Pennam Foundation, we explore innovative solutions to positively impact the communities where we work and live. We are delighted to partner with Nextal Meta to leverage technology to solve the difficulties faced by students with hearing impairment to get access to quality content that help them understand the concepts and learn. Our disruptive solution offered through this app will provide top-class digital educational materials for subjects that support sign language, which is in line with contemporary learning methodologies and enables holistic empowerment for learning for the underprivileged students with hearing impairment.”

Speaking on the occasion Sri Hemanth, the CTO of Nextal Meta said,” We are delighted to partner with Pennam Foundation’ to provide learning solutions for students with hearing impairment. Modern technology can be leveraged to provide practical solutions to real-life problems. Our E Sign Meta app uses technology to provides customized content for the hearing impaired and assist these children in developing both personally and professionally.”